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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ofori J Amankonah, San Diego, CA (US);
Raymond C Valli, San Diego, CA (US);
Dana A Zdanis, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426573 ; 426 96 ; 426804 ;
Abstract
The invention is oil-coated microparticulated gellan gum microparticles which are useful as a fat replacer, as an encapsulant and/or as a delivery system for food ingredients in low- or no-fat food matrix. The microparticles are substantially spherical and have particle sizes ranging between about 0.1-10 microns. Primarily, these microparticles have particle sizes ranging between 0.1-5.0 microns. The microparticles have a narrow size distribution, with about 70-80% ranging between the 0.1-5.0 micron size. The particles have a high degree of deformability and surface hydrophobicity.